What Did Planners make in 1949?

An interesting item I found in my most recent e-mail from APA Interact, a PAS report from 1949 detailing the titles and salaries of selected planning positions. The link also has a table to help convert a 1949 salary to a more current one. Interesting enough, most planning positions were paid more than the equivalent today.

I googled planner salary and found documentation of Pittsburgh paying their 'city planner' $4,500 in 1928.

I would guess that in 20 years the pay scale would likely have doubled in that time.

People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor